Advertising article.



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V. KOST.

ADVERTISING ARTICLE.

(Appliction md mr. 14, 1902.)

UNITED VSTATES 'PATENT rricn.

VICTOR KOST, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO OLIVIA A. HILL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ADVERTISING ARTICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,418, dated December 30, 1902.

Application filed March 14:, 1902."' Serial No. 98,258. (No modela) To' all whom it may concern.-

kBe it known that I, VICTOR KOST, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising Articles, of which I.

over one edge and to the opposite side of the card and held when within the wrapper or envelop by the walls thereof, so that when the card is Withdrawn the contractionrof the elastic band will cause-the slip or tag to be iiipped into the'air or toward the person holding the device, tending thereby to startle or surprise him.

The invention consists of the arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, particularly designated in the claim, and which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

Figure l is a plan view of the envelop or inclosin g wrapper and showing in dotted lines the position or arrangement of the card inclosed thereby and its attached tag or slip. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the card removed from the envelop, but with the tag or slip thereof in the position in which it is held when inclosed by the envelop, and Fig. 3 is a plan of I[he card removed from its wrapper or envelop and before the tag or slip is arranged previous to being inserted in the envelop.

In carrying out the invention I employ a Wrapper or inclosing covering, such as an ordinary envelop 5, slit or opened at one of its edges 6. Within this cover or envelop is designed to be inclosed a card 7, the length of which is somewhat less than that of the envelop, so as to accommodate a tag or slip 9, attached to the card by an elastic band 8. A convenient manner of securing the elastic band to the card and the tag is, as illustrated, to provide the card 7 with two apertures 10, through which the elastic band is looped, while the tag or slip 9' has a single aperture 55 11, through which the other end of the band Sis passed and looped about the said tag.

To facilitate the removal of the card from the envelop, the slit or open end of the latter is provided with openings or recesses 12, 6o through which the end of the card projects when in the envelop, so as to be easily grasped by the fingers. The card may be provided with suitable advertising matter, and also the tag or slip, which will be brought to the attention of the party removing the card from the envelop.

Before placing the card in the envelop the elastic band is stretched to permit the tag 9 to be carried around the edge of the card first 7o to be inserted in the envelop, the tag being held or placed iiat against the opposite face of the card, and when the latter is slipped into the envelop the tag will be held in this position by the walls of the envelop.

When the card is Withdrawn by grasping the edge protruding through the openings 12, the tagas soon as it is freed from the envelop will, by reason of the sudden contraction of the elastic band, be thrown or iiippedl into 8o the air, thereby Ostartling or surprising the party holding the same and who in satisfying his curiosity by examining thedevice will have his attention brought to the advertising matter on the card and tag.

I claim as my invention- An advertising article comprising an envelop, and a card designed to be placed in the envelop and having attached thereto near one end by an elastic banda slip or tag, the elas- 9o tic band being adapted to be stretched and the slip or tag carried over the opposite end and to the opposite side of the card and held when within the envelop by the walls of the latter, so that when the card is withdrawn the slip or tag will be flipped or thrown into the air by reason of the sudden contraction of the band.

VICTOR KOST. Witnesses:

ARTHUR B. SEIBOLD, YE. M. KLATOHER. 

